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The Nepalese Government is setting out plans for the quality and standards of construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.

India is pushing hard with its highway expansion programme, according to Brijeshwar Singh, chairman of the National Highway Authority India (NHAI).

Plans are in hand in the Ukraine's Crimea area for a new 93km highway.

Work on a new access road to connect the Vietnamese city of Hanoi with the nearby airport is now commencing.

In China, Sichuan Province is placing a high value on road upgrades and improvements.

Work on two sections of Poland's A2 highway originally planned to be built by the Chinese COVEC will now be constructed by two consortia.

Banks funding Italy's new Brescia-Bergamo-Milano (BreBeMi) highway are now giving access to the ?1.91 billion required to complete the work.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing funding worth some US$600 million to Uzbekistan to build a new highway.

Uganda's Aswa Bridge and Mbarara-Katuna highway will be repaired in a deal worth US$160 million.

The complex Carmel tunnel project in Israel is close to completion and due to open to traffic at the end of this year.

The Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) which is the principal organisation in the country working for environmentally sustainable, socially just, and economically efficient mobility, has called for the introduction of truck tolls for rural highways.

A new bridge is to be built in Serbia's capital Belgrade.

Bolivia's authorities are planning to spend US$200 million on new infrastructure.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing a loan worth US$463 million for infrastructure investments in Uganda.

The 5th China Asphalt Summit is being held from 21-22 October 2010 in Shanghai.